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by rdrock 4037 days ago
I sense a strong dislike for Vinod Khosla the person himself in almost all the responses irrespective of his actions. Are a few incidents like the martin's beach and some statistics which he pulls without references the only reason for it. The responses to beach discussion and statistics themselves are very hostile like "If he dosen't like shelling out $500k for maintainence of a public property he should not have bought it" which I think is unfair and "my best dev is an english major" when he clearly meant that for Business consultants and Journalists etc. And can't one pull a number based on a lifetime of personal experience without backing it up with statistical data? Don't we all do that in everyday lives? Even when someone mentions having a good personal experience with him, it gets discounted.

I have never been to the valley. Genuinely interested in knowing what makes a person so universally hated on this fourm. Unless he is the Donald Trump of the Valley. In which case I understand.